Postby InDeForest » March 12th, 2005, 3:50 pm
10 pots? what the frig dred, that dont exist does it?
Anyway, calipers can have the 'pots' (this is the piston that is applying the hydraulic pressure to the brakepad) either on one side (sliding calipers), or both sides (opposing fixed calipers), MOST economy cars would have sliding calipers up front, with either one or two pots on the inside, you can physically see how many pots you have, because there will be a big bump in the metal casting for each pot.
High perf cars would or should have the opposing calipers, and you will see the two lumps in the casting on the outside as well as inside, these are usually 4 pots, or 6 pots (theyre around but you dont really see that stock unless its a supercar),
There are also 2 pot opposing calipers used on the rear, e.g. brembos on evo/skyline/sti etc
The other improvements that go on with these conversions is that they will use larger diameter rotors, and the side effect expense is that you may need to fit larger rims for clearance
